2025 Improv Spaces Music Festival

Start: Saturday, June 7, 2025 10:00AM
End: Saturday, June 7, 2025 10:00PM

We are thrilled to announce the lineup for the 2025 Improv Spaces Music Festival taking place at the Round Lake Auditorium on Saturday, June 7th, 2025 with festival highlights featuring new work from the Human Rites Trio with renown musicians Jason Kao Hwang (composer, violin, viola), Andrew Drury (drum set), Ken Filiano (string bass); the premier of Sonic Explorations in Troy, an incubator project with the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall with the Rock City Falls Trio and Manuel J. Perez III; and the debut of the Improv Spaces Ensemble; along with an impressive roster of additional talented improvisers hailing from the Capital Region and beyond! FESTIVAL LINEUP! Joseph Bruchac, native flute Jonathan Fuller, pipe organ Nicholas Kopp aka djdrummernk, percussion and electronics Special Creek Sam Katz, mandolinist and vocalist Deena Chappell, multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter Andy Roth, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Tim Barker, guitarist and vocalist Bob Zink, bass player and vocalist Adam Forman, percussionist Shiloh Wilson, steel pan Jake Hart, guitar Lee Gnau, bass Stephen Struss, drums Ethan Cohn, bass MAYSUN, percussion Improv Spaces Ensemble Jess Bowen, violin Sabrina Trueheart, nylon guitar Justin Holden, guitar Alex Chang, electric harp Jason Handron, string bass Christian Thomas, bass and synthesizer Adam Elabd, winds, bass, and vocals Adam Tinkle, woodwinds/electronics Cousin Angus, brass, vocals, and electronics Karen Dazzler, sax Adam Forman, drums Nicholas Kopp aka djdrummernk, percussion and electronics Matt Weston, percussion Human Rites Trio Jason Kao Hwang, composer, violin, viola Ken Filiano, string bass Andrew Drury, drum set Rock City Falls Trio Alex Chang, electric harp Jason Handron, bass Adam Forman, drums in collaboration with artist and multi-instrumentalist Manuel J. Perez III Electronic Cinema Joe Fee Ed Fritz Mike Sojkowski on a fusion of synthesizers from across the decades Swan Ferraro, interdisciplinary artist working in installation, performance, and photo/video Thanks to our sponsors for the 2025 Improv Spaces Music Festival Saratoga Arts Saratoga Arts made this program possible through the Community Arts Regrant Program, funded by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Charles R. Wood Foundation Photo by Kylie Spinelli Photography.